Firefighters from San Antonio, Leon Valley, Helotes and Balconies Heights teamed to battle a blaze that gutted a house in the 6700 block of Forest Haven, KENS-TV is reporting. The fire in the Leon Valley residence broke out about 1 p.m. Wednesday, the station says. Although a car was parked outside, nobody was in the […]
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A man was arrested during a raid by Olmos Park police and Bexar County sheriff’s SWAT officers, KSAT-TV is reporting. Austin Young, 26, was arrested Wednesday in connection with the theft of two rifles that were taken from a neighbor’s home during a burglary that occurred in 2008, the station says. Officials learned about the […]
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A young Mexican citizen was arrested after an attempt was made to drive a stolen truck from Harlingen into Matamoros, Mexico, KGBT-TV is reporting. Everardo Arizmendi, 19, is being held in lieu of posting $20,000 bail on charges of stealing a 2006 Chevrolet 1500 pickup from the parking lot of the La Quinta Inn in […]
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A five-alarm fire destroyed a popular Fort Bend County bar, KHOU-TV is reporting. Trav’s Roadhouse, a landmark on FM 762 for 30 years, was packed about 11 p.m. Tuesday when employees and patrons smelled smoke and then saw flames, the Houston station says. Some members of the crowd tried to fight the fire, but the […]
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Authorities are hunting for two people responsible for a string of arson fires on the West Side, KSAT-TV is reporting. Two vehicles and two large trash bins were torched early today in an area near Culebra and Callaghan roads, the station says. The first fire was set about 4 a.m. in a trash bin near […]
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A storm bearing lightning and heavy rain lumbered its way across San Antonio this morning, just in time to create rush-hour headaches. Streets quickly filled with water, and traffic was halted or brought to a near-standstill in some places. One motorist crawling south on U.S. 281 said by cellphone that the rainfall was “like a […]
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When he goes for a swim, a North Texas man goes all-out. Ben Lecomte plans to swim across the Pacific Ocean, possibly starting by the end of the summer, WFAA-TV is reporting. “I hope that we’ll captivate people’s imagination, so they can follow their dreams or follow their goals,” Lecomte, a 1995 graduate of the […]
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Severe lightning caused two major outages, knocking out power to more than 4,200 customers as storms moved into northern Austin, KXAN-TV is reporting. The band of storms tripped Austin Energy circuits just after 8 p.m. Tuesday near Braker Lane between Lamar Boulevard and Burnet Road, the station says. The circuits are designed to automatically reset […]
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A New Braunfels man is being sought in connection with the theft of $28,000 worth of musical instruments and equipment from in front of a hotel, KGNB Radio is reported. Maurice Chad Paladino, 42, is suspected in the June 15 theft of a U-Haul trailer full of musical gear from in front of the Baymont […]
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A jogger was struck by a car overnight and a woman who stopped to help was the driver who hit him — a fact police didn’t know while they were at the scene, KSAT-TV reported on its 5 a.m. newscast. The teenage jogger was running along Babcock Road near Wild Eagle Road about 11 p.m. […]
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